Highlights - UConn MBB 77, Florida 73

clutch hoops late in a game ending rush key the win at MSG

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
And we begin with the reemergence of Terras Reid tonight.
He'd been out played just three games on the season,
three of the eight, but Reed starts plays twenty four minutes,
gets twelve points, five rebounds, and some key buckets, including
a nice pick and roll with Jalen Stewart to give
Yukon a nine to four early lead. Demry front court left,

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between the rings on the right wing, off a screen
backs aways guarded by Hawk, gives to Stuart Stewart on
a pick and roll. It's raid and raid thanks it
end on the left side of the lane.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Nice feed by Stuart.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
Nine to four Yukon, and Reid leads the way with six.
He had six of the huskies first nine points. The
Yukon made five of their first eight field goals while
Florida was going two for five and turning the ball
over three times. But then Xavi and Lee, the transfer
from Princeton, really catapulted his team into the lead. A
fourteen to two run, twelve straight points in less than

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four minutes. This was Lee on a steal, a layup,
and a three point play. Malachi between the rings front
court left started. My Clad's arm fires it right and
the way steals. They attacks the basket and missed the
ale and laughing.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
And Hanny Fowl. He rolled it over the rim. It
looked like it was going to be short.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
He got a nice bounce and he would convert and
Florida midway through the first half was leading seventeen to eleven.
Jalen Stewart had some key buckets and rebounds in this one.
Here's a three ball from him to get the Yukon
back within two. Caravan tried to drive inside back out
front to Malachi Smith. Malachi hands to keeps it on

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the left sideline, steps into the paint, fires on the
right side Stuart and Stuart delivers a tree. So Jalen
Stuart got you come within two. Huskies went on a
nice run over about a six minute and ten second
stretch twenty two to eight. They outscored Florida. Eric Raibo
again coming off the bench. Now with the two read

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back of the starting rotation. Eric had nine points in
fifteen minutes and he scored seven points as you kind
of had nine straight field goals to open up a
seven point lead.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Thirty three twenty six Husky fans rising up.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
Here's Caravan on the right wing stumps do out of Riba,
rivalize it in right handed and Yukon leads thirty three
to twenty six. And Todd Golden's got to stop the
bleeding as Yukon's doing some work. And while Florida was
going one of thirteen, you come made nine straight field
goals and in the first half ended up fifty nine

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percent from the field on the game, fifty percent. And
we'll tell you more about that and when we get
to the stat part of the program. Yu Kona seven
point lead at halftime, and it was thanks to Jalen Stewart.
It was attacking the offensive glass caravan outside of Malachi
Malakai into the paint dumps it download a riba, Riba spins,

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puts up a hook no good, rebounded by Jalen Stewart
and he backs a home. Nice play by Jalen on
the offensive glass. Thirty nine thirty two Yukon as Stewart
ended up with seven points four rebounds in his twenty
three minutes of play, and the Huskies led at halftime
thirty nine two thirty two. Second half began and Florida

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quickly jumped down the Huskies. How can Lee combining to
cut the Yukon lead to one forty three forty two.
Demry to the basket attacks Condon blocked.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
Into the hands of Lee.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
Lee sprints in the foot court and he hands an
aliu to how and Florida within one forty three forty two.
That was just five minutes in to the second half.
They outscored the Huskies did the Gators ten to four
to start the second half. And then Hawk, who was
quiet in the first half, was able to knock down
a three and he had three of them on nd

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although Florida only had four fifteen. This was a big one.
He gave Florida a forty nine to forty six lead
in the midst of an eleven to three run. Here's
Condon that thought about shooting outside, didn't shoot it. Now,
how Poll try a three and he makes him from
the right side a triple. My house, and a timeout's
been called as Florida regains the lead. And they had

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the lead right there about midway through the second half.
And that's when Brayln Mullins got involved. He had followed
Trouble all night. He ended up playing only eleven minutes,
but he made three buckets and This was a key
one because this got you gone within one as he
got into the lane for a little pull up his demery.

Speaker 2 (04:38):
Out front to Mullins.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Mullins, pull up jumper good, sixteen foot off the right elbow,
and that's a good sign from Raylan and you con
back within one forty nine, forty eight, and Florida was
still leading fifty one to fifty. But you come went
on a little bit of a run nine to four
as Alex Caraman did it on both men at a

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court and a special play by the captain Lee into
the paint stop and go blocked Caravan got him. Here's
Malachai Smith two for Caravan, back to Alex for three.

Speaker 2 (05:11):
And Caravan a little d a little and you cut
lay fifty nine fifty five, and.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
The Huskies took the lead and would not give it
up the rest of the way. Malachai Smith has come
off the bench numerous times already in the opening UH
ten games for the Huskies and put together games like
he had tonight. Five points, he had three rebounds, but
he had nine assists. You kind of had eighteen assists,
nine turnovers in the game. This was Malachi though a

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little defense, little offense of his own with four and
a half to go to give you Kon an eight
point lead. Here comes Flanned front court to our left,
gives it up to Zavian. Lee's guarded by Malachai Smith
up front to Condon. Condon top of the arc, hands
to Hawk. He's got ross onom He drives baseline. Howp
try to scoop it in?

Speaker 2 (06:00):
No good.

Speaker 1 (06:01):
Melakai got the rebound. They got a break going. Here's
Malakai to the basket. He's at that right hand dad
ha ha and his layup coast to coast. Malachi Smith
gave you Con a sixty six fifty eight lead on
a twelve to three run. As you Con made five
of six buckets there nine of twelve as they held

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off Florida. One more for you, Alex Caravan, he's been
doing a lot of this. This year's three point shooting
is above average, no doubt. But he's been making some
runners and not easy ones. Here was another one after
Florida had cut the lead to four, sixty six to
sixty two. Demery to Caravan. Caravan drives inside on Chinulu
put it up it in a runner by Alex. That's huge.

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Sixty eight sixty two, Caravan with thirteen, and Caravan would
finish with thirteen five of eight shooting made three threes.

Speaker 2 (06:56):
But again that's a big bucket.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
You come in the final three minutes with the lead
of six and they hang on to win it seventy
seven to seventy three.